Artist Opportunities
Listings are obtained from a variety of resources and their inclusion does not imply an endorsement from the Kentucky Arts Council. Before making a submission, please verify deadlines and requirements with the listing organization.
Arts Jobs
Cultural Programs Events Specialist
South Florida State College
South Florida State College is hiring a fulltime cultural events specialist at the 1460 seat Alan Jay Wildstein Center for the Performing Arts. Looking for someone who is creative with a good sense of humor that understands social media. Must be able to design graphics, create social content and social promotions and assist with events. Excellent benefits. Full-time, year-round position.
Avon Park, FL
Full time & Contract openings
South Arts
Our team is passionate about elevating art in the South. We take pride in our work to encourage budding artists and connect audiences. Openings include Assistant Vice President of Programs; Director, Arts Partnerships; Contract Fieldworker (Appalachian Region, Traditional Arts); Contract Fieldworker & Researcher (Delta Regional Authority Region, Traditional Arts).
Atlanta, GA
Job Opening: Managing Director of External Affairs
Artist Communities Alliance
The Managing Director of External Affairs will provide strong leadership, programs operations management, and management for the programs team, individually and collectively. The Managing Director of External Affairs will initially manage a team of coordinators and managers. They will develop a plan to grow their 3 person team by 2-3 positions within 2023, as needed to help meet ACA's strategic plan.
Providence, RI
2023-02-01
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA)'s job board
Artist Communities Alliance
Artist Communities Alliance (ACA)'s job board provides listings of internships, contract positions, and full or part-time employment within several arts-related industries. We list job opportunities relevant to artists, arts workers and creatives of all education and experience levels.
Literary
New Opportunities
Creative Writing Fellowships
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
2023-03-08
Poetry Bootcamp
Aperture Creative Space
GROW AS A POET. CONNECT WITH PEERS. FIND YOUR PATH TO PUBLICATION. A weekend poetry workshop focused on developing your unique voice. Limited to 4 participants. We'll read and discuss the work of poets such as Frank O'Hara, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Sharon Olds, as well as workshop each other's poems. We believe in community, in-depth feedback, and finding a readership beyond the workshop.
Louisville, KY
$125.00
2023-03-17
Open calls for writers and artists closing in March
Sunspot Literary Journal
Sunspot Lit's calls for longform, standard length, and flash fiction, CNF, graphic novels and poetry are closing in March.
Hillsborough, NC
varies
2023-03-31
Fiction Weekend
Aperture Creative Space
A creative home where writers develop their craft in the spirit of learning, discovery, and fellowship. Find your voice. Share your work. This group will learn what makes good fiction and within that context explore and workshop each other's fiction. We'll discuss writers such as Langston Hughes, Breece D'J Pancake, and Stephen King. Each participant will receive a study guide to take home.
Louisville, KY
$135
2023-04-21
Poetry Chapbook Contest
The Heartland Review Press
THRP seeks original unpublished poetry chapbooks of no more than 30 pages. Winners will receive $500 plus 10 copies. Please review our submission and formatting guidelines on our website.
Elizabethtown, KY
20.00
2023-05-01
Open Call for Submissions for Poetry, Fiction & Creative Nonfiction
The Heartland Review Press
THRP seeks poetry, fiction and nonfiction for our Open Call. Fiction and nonfiction should be 5000 words or less. Poets can submit up to 3 poems. Writers should only submit to one genre. Selected writers will be published in the Fall '23 edition of our journal, which is published as a hard copy and available on Amazon. Please see our website for formatting and submission guidelines.
Elizabethtown, KY
No cost
2023-05-01
Writers Groups
The Bard's Corner Writer's Group
Hardin County Public Library
Meetings are held at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of the month. Established in September 2002, this is a free and open group for writers of all levels and genres.
Elizabethtown, KY
Grant Co. Writers Group
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Grant Co. Public Library, Williamstown.
Williamstown, Ky.
CAPITAL CITY WRITERS ROUNDTABLE
The Capital City Writers Roundtable meets monthly in Frankfort, Ky.
Elizabethtown, KY
THE POEZIA POETRY GROUP
The Poezia Poetry Group meets every first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at Common Grounds.
Lexington, Ky.
PENHOUSE RETREAT CENTER
PenHouse Retreat Center is now open—a place for rest and creativity. PenHouse is a spacious two-story 120-year-old country home located in a horseshoe bend of the Elkhorn Creek in northern Franklin County. PenHouse is the perfect place to write, to host book parties and readings, to offer workshops or attend them.
Franklin County, KY
INKY READING SERIES
The InKY Reading Series is a monthly music and literature event held on the second Friday of the month at The Bard's Town in Louisville, Ky. This event is always free.
Louisville, KY
Ongoing Opportunities
CARNEGIE CENTER
The Carnegie Center offers a variety of classes and seminars.
Lexington, Ky.
PEN AMERICAN CENTER
Ky Story
The PEN American Center offers a variety of emergency assistance, including grants, for professional writers.
ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOPS
Fine Arts Work Center
Building on the Fine Arts Work Center's tradition of creative excellence and community, 24PearlStreet offers an engaging online learning experience led by nationally recognized poets and writers.
Media
New Opportunities
Ongoing Opportunities
This Moment in America
Swamp Witch Studio
Audio Submissions Request, from everyday sounds to personal reflections, we are seeking a variety of submission types
Louisville, KY
This Moment in America
Swamp Witch Studio
Audio Submissions Request, from everyday sounds to personal reflections, we are seeking a variety of submission types.
Louisville, KY
TFI: Filmmaker Programs
Tribeca Film Institute
We provided funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities for entry- to mid-level filmmakers.
Multidisciplinary
New Opportunities
Geminga: $500 for Fiction, CNF, Poetry, Graphic Novel or Art ends soon
Sunspot Literary Journal
Sunspot Lit's Geminga contest honors the power of the small.
Online
$10
2023-03-31
"Spring" International Open Call to Artists and Writers
ArtAscent
The current issue theme is spring. The seasons pull us from one state to another, perhaps from frozen, hibernating and quiet to thawed, reborn, and growing. Sometimes our spring lets us embrace something new, fall into first love, or see fresh horizons. Spring brings birds, butterflies, frogs, nests, tulips and fragrant blossoms. Express your spring with words or imagery.
$20+
2023-05-31
Ongoing Opportunities
Appalshop Flood Relief Grants
Appalshop
For Kentucky artists financially impacted by July's historic flooding in EKY, Appalshop and Educational Foundation of America are providing direct relief to artists of all mediums and levels. The first eighty qualifying applications will receive a no-strings-attached check for $500.
Chulitna Lodge Creative Residency Program Fellowships
chulitnalodge.com
Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat seeks to provide the time, space, clarity, and facilities for all forms of creative professionals or researchers to make and meditate. From visual artists, to writers, to scientific researchers, music, dance, and more, we encourage the gamut from seasoned professionals to enthusiastic hobbyists, to apply for our various programs.
Arts Residency Programs Profiles
Artist Communities Alliance
Artist residencies provide artists, scholars, educators and other creative professionals the time, space and resources to work, individually or collectively, on the research and development of their practice. Artists can use the Directory for as broad or as narrow a search as they wish.
Be An Artist-In-Residence
National Parks Service
The National Parks Service offers programs for visual artists, writers, musicians and other creative media. Programs vary, but residencies are typically two to four weeks in length and most include lodging. Often artists are invited to participate in park programs by sharing their art with the public.
Kentucky Peer Advisory Network (KPAN)
Kentucky Arts Council
Arts professionals on the KPAN roster are available to provide three- to six- hour consultancies to assist eligible organizations and individual artists with board development, grant writing, marketing and promotions, strategic planning, festival planning and other activities. Consultancy fees are paid by the Kentucky Arts Council.
Performing
New Opportunities
Ongoing Opportunities
Emergency Financial Assistance
Entertainment Community Fund
Emergency financial assistance is available for people who are unable to pay their immediate basic living expenses (housing, food, utility bills or health care).
Visual & Craft
New Opportunities
Your Wildest Dreams
Vestige Concept Gallery
Exploring the frontiers of reality, fantasy, and perception, Your Wildest Dreams seeks to showcase the surreal, the bizarrely-imaginative, and the vibrant worlds in which the artist resides (or creates...) Spatial, visionary, trippy, sexual, limitless, and free, take a ride down the rabbit hole into the depths of the subconscious- brought to life in this brand new Spring showcase from VCG!
Pittsburgh, PA
2023-03-11
Call for Exhibition Proposals for 2024
Lexington Art League
The Lexington Art League is now accepting exhibition proposals from artists and curators for the 2024 exhibition year.
Lexington, KY
2023-03-31
Artist in Residence
Gateway Regional Arts Center
This Artist in Residency program is a short-term two-month residency for a solo artist to create murals in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. This residency includes an honorarium of $3000 stipend, a $1000 stipend for materials, free housing, and 24/7 studio access. Acceptance based on artists' portfolios, relevant work experience, career goals, and dedication to cultivating creativity in our community.
Mt Sterling, KY
$30
2023-04-01
SKY: An International Call for Works of Art About the Sky
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit works about the sky, the things that travel through it, the phenomena in it, and how we try touch it. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media.
Cincinnati
$40 for up to FOUR entries submitted. $5 per each additional entry.
April 1, 2023
down low: An International Call for Works of Art Experienced Below Eye Level
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit works that engage with the floor, the wall below 60", or anywhere in the space below our eye level. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media.
Cincinnati
$40 for up to FOUR entries submitted. $5 per each additional entry.
April 2, 2023
UP HIGH: An International Call for Works of Art Experienced Above Eye Level
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
The Cincinnati based non-profit arts organization and gallery, Manifest, invites visual artists and designers to submit works engaging with the ceiling, the wall above our heads, or anywhere above the gallery-standard 60" eye level. Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media.
Cincinnati
$40 for up to FOUR entries submitted. $5 per each additional entry.
April 2, 2023
3rd Annual New Appalachia Exhibition w/ Guest Curator
Vestige Concept Gallery
The 3rd Annual New Appalachia Exhibition seeks to capture the modern, contemporary, and innovative artistic experiences surrounding the Appalachia region. This year, the show will be curated by Jeffrey Smith, a benefactor of the arts in the Pittsburgh region for over 20 years. The New Appalachia exhibit is VCG's annual spring contemporary showcase, bringing to life latest and fresh perspectives...
Pittsburgh, PA
$28
2023-04-15
CALL TO ARTISTS - 2023 Arts on the Green Juried Fine Arts & Crafts Festival
Arts Association of Oldham County
Artists sought for the 2023 Arts on the Green Juried Fine Arts & Craft Festival to be held June 10 & 11 at The Maples Park in Crestwood, KY. Now in its 23rd year, this event features 100+ artists, food trucks, entertainment, shuttle busses, FREE admission/parking. Located between Louisville, Lexington and Cincinnati. Cash awards/ribbons. Apply through ZAPPLICATION.org.
Crestwood, KY
Jury $25/Booth $230/Electric $25
2023-05-10
nice; 01 - Call for Art
MidwestNice Art
nice; 01 will be our first iteration of a national juried annual physical exhibition, hosted at Northern State University’s JFAC Gallery. This is open to any mediums and artists living in the United States over age 18.
Aberdeen, SD
$15
2023-05-15
USA Miniprints for Peace and Justice
SOS ART
Call to artists and application for the yearly SOS ART challenge and exhibit: USA Miniprints for Peace and Justice 2023 by North American Artists.
Cincinnati, OH
2023-06-05
Ongoing Opportunities
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medic
American Craft Made Online Artists Directory
American Craft Council
Apply now to join the American Craft Made Online Artists Directory! Join our community and we'll help you share your story and sell your work to our focused audience of craft enthusiasts. Applications are always open and will be reviewed on a scheduled basis. The current application cycle closes December 31.
Pittsburgh, PA
$10 application fee / $350 annual listing fee if accepted
Call For Artists
B3 Gallery
Nashville, IN
Artist Residency Greek Island
The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts
Greek Island of Skopelos
OPEN CALL FOR LOUISVILLE ARTISTS
Local Language
Oakland, CA
THE GALLERIES FOR THE ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
Looking for KENTUCKY based artists to show work at the Pendelton Arts Center
Ashland, KY
Call to artists and designers | Design Challenge
Minted
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Yeiser Art Center
Paducah, KY
Looking to sell your work? The Yeiser Art Center is seeking consignment artwork to sell in the Gallery Store. All original art and craft media will be considered and selection will be based upon quality and marketability. Those interested in submitting work should send five to ten samples of their work, price list, contact information, a short biography and consideration about how the work should be displayed.